Grate.



nb. 679,655. A Patented luly'so, |901.y T. H. wEsTHElMER..

GBATE.

(Application Bled July 14, 1900.)

(No Model.)

xo single casting.

Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'IIIOMAS HENRY WESTIIEIMER, OF AMERICUS, GEORGIA.

GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,655, dated July 30,1901.

` Application filed July 14, 1900. Serial No. 23,648. (No model.)

To all wiz/0111, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY WEST- HEIMEE, a citizen of theUnitedStates, residing at Americus, in the county of Sumter and State ofGeorgia, have invented a new and useful Grate, of which the followingisa specification.

In the ordinary construction of basketgrates the entire grate isgenerally made of a As a general rule the bottom burns out long beforethe front portion, thus rendering the entire grate useless; and itis oneobject of the present invention to remedy this disadvantage by providinga grate with a separable or detachable bottom which can be readilyreplaced by another when it becomes burned out or broken, thus obviatingthe expense of an entire new grate.

A further Objectis to provide a construction zo whereby when theseparable sections are in operative position they are positivelyinterlocked and there is no chance of their being accidentallydisplaced.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, the preferred formthereof is described in the following specification and shown in thedrawings which accompany and form a part of the same, and in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of abasket- 3o grate constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing theside and bottom sections detached. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of thegrate in assembled position. Fig. 4. is a vertical crosssection throughthe center of the grate. Fig.

5 is a horizontal section on the line fr of Fig. 3. Fig. (i is a detailsectional view on the line y y-of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference designate ',\l{ike and corresponding partsin each of the igures of the drawings.

\In the drawings, 10 designates the front sec` tion,and 11 a separablebottom adapted to be interlocked with the front section. The frontsection 10 maybe made in any desired shape 5o The lower'portionof .thefront section is provided with a plurality of upright curved bars15,'the lowerv ends of which are joined by the horizontal curved stripor ange 16, forming a continuous shoulder 16 along the lower end of thefront section 10. The lower ends of the upright end pieces 12 are cutaway, as at 17, to form a pair of opposite shoulders 17, which areadapted to be engaged by suitable locking-hooks on the bottom section,as will be hereinafter described. Depending from the central portion ofthe front section is a pair of spaced ears 15, which are provided withsuitable bolt-openings. r

The bottom section 11 comprises a plurality of cross grato-bars 18, eachof which is joined at one end to the longitudinal bar 19, that isadapted to rest in juxtaposition to the back wall of a fireplace. Theopposite ends of the grate-bars 18 are joined along their upper endedges by the curved strip or flange 20, which conforms to the ilange 16of the front section and forms a continuous shoulder 20L along the edgeof the bottoni section. The end portions of the botten. sections arealso provided with the horizontal upturned hooks 2l, adapted to engagethe shoulders 17 of the front section. The curved portion of the bottomsection is provided with a horizontal projecting ear 22, having abolt-opening 23 therethrough. i

In connecting the bottom section 11 to the front section 10 the hooks 21are engaged around the shoulders 17a and the continuous flanges 2O and1G abut against the shoulders 16'* and 20, respectively. In thisposition the parts are securely interlocked and fuel placed in the'grate will only tend to force them into closer engagement. In order,however, to more securely hold the sections in proper relation to eachother, the bolt 24 is passed through the openings in the ears 15a of thefront section and through the opening 23 in the ear 22, thus securelyclamping the twosections together. By this means it will be seen that agrate is provided in which the bottom may be replaced when it becomes`burned out without the necessity of an entire new structure.Furthermore, when the sections `are in operative position the partsaresecurely interlocked, the bottom section being entirely supported by thefront, section and requiring no supporting means for the pro-- jectingor free end thereof.v Furthermore,

the means forpreventing independent movement of the/,ejrate-:sections isarranged on the exterior face of the grate, where ii, is more readilyaccessible and is not exposed to the lire. o

l/Vhile the invention has been described as being used ina Iireirilace,it will. be evident to those skilled in the art that it may be appliedWit-li equal aflva i; taire to cooking or other class of stoves.

From the foregoing); it is thought that the construction, operation, andmany advantages of 'the herein-described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art without itnrther description, and it will beunderstood that changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minordetails oi. construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacri (icing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thn's described the invention7 what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isM

l. A grate, comprising a front; section having a continuonssupporting-flange along the lower edge thereof and having its lower endportions out away to forni shoulders, a bottoni section provided with acon tin nous Iiange adapted to rest upon the simporting-[lange of thefront section, and a pair of npturnel hooks carried by the bottomsection and arranged to engage the said shoulders of the front section.

2. Agrate comprising a front section, a bottom section having aninterlocking engagement with the front section,interlocking ears carriedby the respective sections, and means for securing said ears together.

3. In a `grate, a front section, a bottom section pivotally connectedwith thefront section, and means located contiguous to thepivotally-jointed portions of the two sections and on the exterior faceof the grate to hold said sections against relative movement.

4. In a grate, a front section, a bottom section pivotally andcletacliably interlocked with the front section, and means locatedcontiguous to the interlocking portions of the two sections and on theexterior face of the grate to hold sniil sections against relativemovement,

in testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS lllhltl' WES'lllllhlllll..

\'\'itnesses: V

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